Deep in the Heart of Bandera (Fall 2015)

Summer is almost over but you couldn’t tell it
by the crowds at Bandera City Park! Riverfest
was a huge success and folks just keep coming
to the Medina River to float. Come on down!
You won’t regret it!
Bandera has some awesome monthly
events you can visit, like the Library Books sales
around the County. Also the Bingo games are
fun. The first Tuesday of each month we get a
kick start with the Cowboy Capital Opry. Got
to go, at least once. Classic Car night is also a
couple of times a month at either Fat Boyz or
T.J.’s Grill. You can shop till you drop at Bandera Market Days held the first Saturday of each
month April through November, except this
year, Labor Day falls on the first Saturday and
that is the weekend of Celebrate Bandera! On
the second Saturday you can join in some fun
music at the Frontier Times Museum’s Cowboy
Camp at 1 pm to 5pm. Cost is free. Enjoy traditional cowboy music. You are welcome to bring
your guitar and join in the song circle. Bring
your own refreshments and chair.
For a special treat you can eat your
fill of fried fish at the Knights of Columbus Fish
Fry at St. Joseph’s Hall on the first Friday of each
month. To get the dates and times, visit www.
BanderaCowboyCapital.com . All the information is there.
Every Saturday, for great family entertainment, visit the Cowboys on Main program
hosted by the Bandera Business Association
featuring chuck wagons, horses, Longhorns,
strolling singers and occasional snake oil salesmen. Catch them between 1pm to 4pm. At the
Visitor’s Center at noon and 2pm hurry over to
catch the Bandera Cattle Company gun show
reenactments. In the evening you can sign up
for the Flying L Chuck Wagon Dinner. Time:
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Bar-B-Q, Wagon Rides,
Roping Lessons, Hat and Pistol Branding, Archery, Old Tyme Photos, Cowboy Stage Show,
Gunslingers, Line Dancing. Entertainment &
Dinner from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM . 800-292-5134
On Thursdays, visit the Farmer’s Market at Sid’s
BBQ on Main Street. 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Local farmers and food crafters offer farm fresh
eggs, wholesome organic produce, rare Asian
vegetables, fresh-baked goods and more!
Our Summer Rodeo Buckle Series
is over now but get ready for Celebrate Bandera, Labor Day Weekend! Enjoy everything
from a Cow Patty Bingo, our famous Longhorn Cattle Drive down Main Street followed
by an awesome parade, Gunfights, music, Arts
and Crafts. Oh, and don’t miss a chance to win
$25,000 at the Cow Patty Toss, all on the Court
House Lawn. In City Park, join the Rendezvous On the River featuring the Circle of Life
Intertribal Powwow, life in the 1800’s camp, an
awesome wagon and buggy display, the Celtair
String Band, Story Telling and music, Chickin’
Ropin’ and a Horseless Ranch Rodeo!
Wow! That’s not all. There will even
be a Lone Star BBQ Society BBQ Cook-off and
on Sunday morning the Western Heritage Cowboy Church will host an early morning breakfast and Church Service featuring the Western
Heritage Cowboy Church Band. There is not
a lack of excitement because on Saturday night
and Sunday night, Celebrate Bandera will host
the Cowboy Capital Cowboy Mounted Shooters Shoot Out and the Hottest 8 seconds of the
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Year at the National Professional Bull Riders
Challenge and on Sunday night at the Bull Rider’s Challenge and hold on to you chairs for the
finals of the $25,000 Cow Chip Toss and the
South Texas Bull Fight Challenge! To top off
the evenings in Bandera, visit one of famous
watering holes for some boot scooting, buckle
polishin’ , country music. Wow, folks, and this
is just the first full weekend in September!
On Sunday September 6th visit the
Tarpley Homecoming Sponsored by the Tarpley Volunteer Fire Department includes Labor
Day parade, BBQ, raffle & auction. Parade begins at 11:00 AM with BBQ starting at 11:30
AM. Live music, 11:30 to 12:30 and 3:00 to 5:00.
Tarpley, TX
Starting on Friday September the
18th thru Sunday the 20th Biker Rallies of Texas presents Rumble on the River A three day
event held at Bandera’s Mansfield Park consisting of tent camping, poker run, vendors, food,
field events, Music all day Friday and Saturday,
bike show, tattoo contest, Sunday morning
church service.
Wow, there’s lots to do on Saturday
the 26th!
Get ready to attend the 34th Annual
Cajun Festival & Gumbo Cook-Off ! Held at
the Lakehills Civic Center. In celebration of
everything Cajun. Live Cajun and Zydeco
music on two stages, Great Gumbo CookOff, All homemade Cajun food, dancing, arts
and crafts, games, souvenirs. Event produced
by the Medina Lake Betterment Association.
That same day is also the Oasis 5K
Run For The Heroes Time: 8am; Run Starts at
8:15. Help celebrate the Grand Opening of The
Oasis For Wounded Warriors with a 5K run.
Music, games, food and family fun from 10am1pm. Fried catfish plate served from 11am12:30pm 888 Mountain View Lane Pipe Creek,
TX 78063 texasheartbeat.com
If golf is your thing, join the Longhorn Meals on Wheels Charity Golf Tournament Time: Check in 10 AM; Shotgun Start 11
AM Four person scramble, team prizes, longest
drive competition, closest to pin and hole in
one contest. All this fun as you help support
the Bandera County Meals on Wheels program.
Flying L Golf Course, 566 Flying L Dr. Bandera,
TX 78003 830-796-3600
October starts with some great Hill
Country fun! Sat 10/03/15 grab your gear and
join the Texas Hill Country Frogs For Freedom
Ride Registration 9:00 AM Start 10:00 AM
5th Annual benefit run through the Texas Hill
Country. All vehicles welcome. Proceeds benefit The Navy SEAL Foundation. 307 11th Street
Bandera, TX 78003 301-751-4327 - See more at:
Bring the kids for the 22nd Annual
Great Hill Country Pumpkin Patch Time: Open
every Saturday, Sunday and Monday in October. Gates open at 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Cost:
$6.00 a person (kids 2 & under are free). Its a
festival for children and the children in us all.
There will be unlimited hayrides, hay bale maze
and giant hay stacks, petting zoo, play an instrument, apple orchard tour, visit the cider mill and
apple processing, paint a pumpkin (you buy the
pumpkin, painting is free), storytelling and sing
along time, pet and groom a pony and paint
a mural. In addition, for a small fee you can,
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ride a pony, take a barrel train ride, face painted
(Weekends only), and complete a sand art project (Weekends only), build a pomander, or feed
the animals. 13558 State Hwy 16 North Medina,
TX 78055 800-449-0882.
Sat the 10th you don’t want to miss
the 4th Annual Texas Hill Country Musicfest
Doors open at 6pm. Enjoy the live music and
auction while supporting the Kiwanis Scholarship Research. Schedule of events: 7-8pm Drew
Kennedy & Susan Gibson; 7-9pm Dinner plates
on Sale $10; 8-9pm Live Auction; 9-10:30pm
Crooks; 10:30pm-12am Micky & The Motorcars . 11th Street Cowboy Bar. 830-796-5726
Sat 10th gear up for Ranch Heritage
Day Time: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Cost: Free Fun
Family Event featuring ranch skills, music and
stories, antique tractors, chuck wagon cooking,
branding Irons, antique fence weaving machine,
spinning wool, horse training clinic, horse shoeing demo, trick roping, working dogs with sheep
and goats, cover wagon rides and a giant rocking horse Little Wrangler Rodeo. Dress western
if you can and bring a chair. No admission fees
charged. Hill Country State Natural Area Bandera, TX 830-796-4413.
Sat the 17th is Casino Night at 6:00PM
- midnight Cost: Tickets are $100 Bandera
County Boys and Girls Club Annual fundraiser.
Music, dancing dinner, games, door prizes and a
live cash auction at the end of the evening. Tickets sold at Shoe Biz (301 Main St.) and The Boys
& Girls Club (715 Maple St.) in Bandera. La Cabana Café, 9600 FM 1283 –
November’s events begin on Fri the
6th with the Bandera Chamber of Commerce’s
53rd Annual Hunters Bar-B-Que & Musicfest
Time: 3:30-10:00 PM Texas Size Gun Raffle,
BBQ and live music. 3:30-7:00pm Almost Patsy
Cline Band; 4:30-7:00pm Serving BBQ Plates;
7:00-8:00pm Live Auction; 8:00-10:00pm Chris
Saucedo Band; 10:00pm Gun Raffle Antler Oaks
Lodge - 3862 Hwy 16 North Bandera, TX 78003
830-796-3280.
Sat the 7th join the Bandera Walk for
Diabetes. Registration is from 8 am to 10 am.
Hosted by the Arthur Nagel Community Clinic,
the third annual 5K Walk for Diabetes is part of
the American Diabetes Association’s Community Walks aimed at stopping diabetes. 830-7963448.
On the 15th The Medina Volunteer Fire Department hosts the Annual
Hunter’s Game Dinner & Dance Time: 2:00
PM on Cost: Dinner $9; Dance $10: Both
$18 Washers tournament begins at 2:00 PM,
dinner (sausage, BBQ, & all the trimmings)
served beginning at 4:30 PM. Dance & concert with Ricky Adams Band at 7:30 PM. The
Farm Country Club, 475 Pue Rd. Bandera,
TX 78003 Sat the 14th get downtown by 9am
for the Bandera Honors Veterans Event on
the Bandera County Courthouse lawn with
family displays and continues until 4:00 PM.
Music starts at 10:00am with the Official ceremony at 11:00 AM and parade at noon. Free
BBQ sandwich lunch for veterans & their
wives. Additional food available for purchase. See military displays, concessions, and
more. 830-460-0394 Bandera County Court
House Bandera.
Saturday evening the 14th, Plan to
attend the Taste of the Hill Country Cork N’
Fork fund-raiser for the Arthur Nagel Clinic
at Purple Sage Ranch. Tickets $50 each to
sample Texas Wines, and specialty liquors
and food from some of the best of the Texas
Hill County’s finest Go Texan Restaurants.
All while enjoying music from some of Texas
best musicians. 796-4447.
Fit into all of this activity is Thanksgiving! You can be sure Bandera has lots to be
Thankful for!
For exact dates, times, locations,
contact information and web sites about
each of these events mentioned, go to www.
BanderaCowboyCapital.com and click on
Events, Yee-Haw, ya’ll!
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